Getting out of the big city is one of the best ways to spend a weekend with the family. Discover the beauty of nature, of fresh air, of wildlife all around. Luckily Turkey has loads of incredible national parks with cabins and beautiful places to stay. Ea...

There are 3 requirements to finding an amazing spot to go stargazing. First and foremost, there need to me no lights anywhere around, so you get a clear view of the night sky. Second, you’d like to be high up so that you’re close enough to feel like you c...

Quick question: what’s the closest ski resort in the world to the equator? You guessed it, it’s Saklıkent in Antalya, which doubles as the closest ski resort to the Mediterranean Sea. This beautiful spot overlooking a canyon of the same name rises up to 2...

The haunting sculptures overlooking Mount Nemrut are some of the most magnificent that you'll find anywhere in the world. Giant heads built in the 1st century B.C. under the Commagene Kingdom look out over an incredible sunrise and sunset every day. These...

The Mount Nemrut is one the highest peaks of the Mesopotamia, and its summit at 2,206 metres above the sea level contains the tomb of King Antiochus I of Commagene, commissioned by himself. The gigantic statues of gods, each weighing 6 tons and 10 metres ...

Pergamon was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014, and it has been one the rare settlements that has survived several invasions and devastations over the ages, but reoccupied again on the merits of its strategic location. As confirmed by th...

Mount Nemrut of Adıyaman is fabulous both at sunrise and sunset, with statues of ancient gods whispering into your ear to wow you. Adıyaman has been the stage for a number of civilisations and the location for many culturally important cities. The Archaeo...

Predating Stonehenge by 6000 years, Şanlıurfa’s Göbeklitepe upends the widely-held views on the rise of civilization. With a history of 12,000 years, Şanlıurfa, thought by some to be the ancient city of Ur, proudly exhibits the legacy of all the civilisat...

Mersin, a rising star of world tourism, is set on a long coastline in the eastern part of the Turkish Riviera and boasts the cleanest seawater along this coast. Mersin is a city of long beaches and enchanting inlets with the Taurus Mountains rising immedi...

The city where the legacy of Ottoman Sultans stays engraved offers magnificent traces of past civilizations and the most delicious apples on Earth. Set in a narrow gorge in the Yeşilırmak River, Amasya dates from 6500 BC. During the Ottoman period, the ci...